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. >> reporter: 20-year-old adam lanza launched his massacre at home. officials say lanza shot his mother nancy multiple times, killing her in her bed. lanza then took four guns-- legally registered to his mother-- and drove this black honda to sandy hook elementary school about five miles away. students there had finished reciting the pledge of allegiance and the building's doors had been locked. then, around 9:30 friday morning staffers in the front office heard popping noises. police say those were likely sounds of lanza shooting out the glass of one of the school doors. lanza entered the building carrying a bush master a.r.-15 assault rival with two sum automatic handguns inside the pockets of his military style cargo pants. police say he was also carrying hundreds of rounds of ammunition in multiple magazines. there were more popping sounds. someone in the front office keyed the mike phone on the school's public address system in a frantic attempt to sound the warning. as the gunfire continued, 911 calls were made. and just before 9:36, a police di
. >> reporter: 20-year-old adam lanza launched his massacre at home. officials say lanza shot his mother nancy multiple times, killing her in her bed. lanza then took four guns-- legally registered to his mother-- and drove this black honda to sandy hook elementary school about five miles away. students there had finished reciting the pledge of allegiance and the building's doors had been locked. then, around 9:30 friday morning staffers in the front office heard popping noises. police...
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from nancy to always supervise adam at all times and never turn my onk on him. >> reporter: adam lanza's parents divorced in 2009. scott, we spoke a mediator in that divorce to who told us that his parents seemed to love him and wanted only the best for him. >> pelley: seth, thank you very much. in light of the story, we wanted to know more about asperger's so we turned to our doctor jon lapook. doctor, nancy lanza told several of her friends that we've talked to that her son had asperger's syndrome. what is that? >> it's a mild form of autism that affects in about one in 88 children. wi with autism, kids tend to have problem with social communication and interaction, with asperger's they tend to be like little professors. ey c can be quirky, they can be very obsessed with specific objects. but they tend to be very highly functional. now, we checked out with our experts around the world today about whether there was a link between violence and asperger's and although there's not a lot of study that have been done, the short answer is right now the answer is no. >> pelley: no connection b
from nancy to always supervise adam at all times and never turn my onk on him. >> reporter: adam lanza's parents divorced in 2009. scott, we spoke a mediator in that divorce to who told us that his parents seemed to love him and wanted only the best for him. >> pelley: seth, thank you very much. in light of the story, we wanted to know more about asperger's so we turned to our doctor jon lapook. doctor, nancy lanza told several of her friends that we've talked to that her son had...
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what worries me is the next adam lanza may be out there. whether there's copycatting or a psychopathic desire to hurt folks, we need a homeland security approach to mental health in this nation because right now, we are not giving these parents, the nancy lanzas of the world, many options. >> that's a stunning number, three million of those out there. we don't even know. dr. oz, adam lanza's mother reportedly tried really hard to help him fit in with the mainstream. she tried for years. he had a school psychologist at least at one point. i wanted to play you just something that i spoke to a woman who actually wrote a blog and her blog was entitled i am adam lanza's mother, and she was talking about her own son who has mental health issues. she has had to basically charge him with battery, her husband did, in order to get him put into a mental health institution. i wanted to play you what she had to say and get your response. here is liza long. >> the advice i got was that i needed to press charges so that we could create a paper trail again
what worries me is the next adam lanza may be out there. whether there's copycatting or a psychopathic desire to hurt folks, we need a homeland security approach to mental health in this nation because right now, we are not giving these parents, the nancy lanzas of the world, many options. >> that's a stunning number, three million of those out there. we don't even know. dr. oz, adam lanza's mother reportedly tried really hard to help him fit in with the mainstream. she tried for years....
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little is known about adam lanza. but as a gawky high school freshman in 2007, lanza seemed so vulnerable the former school security director at newtown high school tells cnn he warned his school officers to keep an eye on the child so he would not be picked on or bullied. lanza was also assigned to a school psychologist, says the security director. the lanza joined the tech club he remained withdrawn. in 2008, age 16, lanza enrolled anderson cooper a student at western connecticut state university, 15 minutes from his home, taking among other classes german, computer science, american history, and macro economics. he dropped out in 2009, and did not return. lanza's high school friend ran into nancy lanza a few years ago, he says the mom described adam as doing well in college and told him he had taken him shooting as a hobby and liked to go to the gun range. what was interesting, nancy lanza was doing everything she could to mainstream her son. he clearly had issues but she was trying to keep things as normal as poss
little is known about adam lanza. but as a gawky high school freshman in 2007, lanza seemed so vulnerable the former school security director at newtown high school tells cnn he warned his school officers to keep an eye on the child so he would not be picked on or bullied. lanza was also assigned to a school psychologist, says the security director. the lanza joined the tech club he remained withdrawn. in 2008, age 16, lanza enrolled anderson cooper a student at western connecticut state...
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y wa the shoot ares name is adam lanza and the father was dead. and thoothat is not true. as we know now. and on the air, first heard that there might be two shooters on the scene and we later learned at least according to the reports now that that is not true. >> in the early part of these investigations. there might be multiple phone call to 911 and you get differing descriptions and i suppose that's the reason that they thought were tootwo -- two shooters. adam lanza carried the id of ryan lanza who is four years old and apparently according to the media reports has not actually spoke tone his younger brother in about two years. i have to presume that that was by design. he wanted to help confuse law enforcement as to the identity of the man they were looking at. and especially in the age of twitter and book bock. a lot of information came out from those sources and it was not necessarily accurate. >> right. >> we struggle to get the best information that we can to our viewers in a situation awful like nthank you very much it is one of the questions that so many of us a
y wa the shoot ares name is adam lanza and the father was dead. and thoothat is not true. as we know now. and on the air, first heard that there might be two shooters on the scene and we later learned at least according to the reports now that that is not true. >> in the early part of these investigations. there might be multiple phone call to 911 and you get differing descriptions and i suppose that's the reason that they thought were tootwo -- two shooters. adam lanza carried the id of...
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adam lanza identified as the shooter. killed his mother and went to the school where she worked for no reason and slaughtered people inside. >> rick leventhal, thank you for the information, awful as it is. thank you. let's check in with dr. keith ablow, psychiatrist and medical a-teamer who joins us live from boston. you hear what happened, dock toker and it's -- doctor, and it's conceivable. is it mental illness, sociopathic personality? what are we looking at here? looking at something deeply disturbed unfolding here, obviously. if you think about the act of walking in to a school and being undeterred, by the injuries, fatal injuries that you are inflicting on one after another child then your capacity to feel for others is entirely shattered. what we call this will be determined in days and weeks to come. was it a delusion? did this person think that by doing this, he was ridding the earth of evil? that is one kind of illness. was this person in some way devoid of empathy because of childhood events of his own? did ki
adam lanza identified as the shooter. killed his mother and went to the school where she worked for no reason and slaughtered people inside. >> rick leventhal, thank you for the information, awful as it is. thank you. let's check in with dr. keith ablow, psychiatrist and medical a-teamer who joins us live from boston. you hear what happened, dock toker and it's -- doctor, and it's conceivable. is it mental illness, sociopathic personality? what are we looking at here? looking at something...
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he's been identified as 20-year-old adam lanza. so far, authorities have not spoken publicly about a possible motive. ♪ >> the community is in mourning, at least 2,000 gathered for a vigil last night at a local church, lighting candles and singing hymns while trying to console each other. many in shock. >> when i saw a shooting, i -- i couldn't even process that, a shooting here in newtown, and it was hours later when they started coming out with the numbers, and you just -- it didn't seem real. it seems like this is wrong. a lot of information today, a lot of misinformation given at different times. and you have to say to yourself it can't be real. you didn't want to believe it. >> let's go to newtown, connecticut and msnbc's chris jansing. welcome, chris. we're expecting a news conference in about an hour. what are we hoping learn? >> we do, hope, alex and good morning that there will be official identification of the victims. i know that the medical examiner had been working through the night at the scene, and we saw just arou
he's been identified as 20-year-old adam lanza. so far, authorities have not spoken publicly about a possible motive. ♪ >> the community is in mourning, at least 2,000 gathered for a vigil last night at a local church, lighting candles and singing hymns while trying to console each other. many in shock. >> when i saw a shooting, i -- i couldn't even process that, a shooting here in newtown, and it was hours later when they started coming out with the numbers, and you just -- it...
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he is 20-year-old adam lanza. last night, our piers morgan got insight on lanza from a former classmate. >> he was really quiet, he kept to himself. he was a little fidgety, a little uneasy sometimes if you were to look at him. i think he was just socially not really into going out there and making as many friends as everyone else was doing in elementary school and middle school. preferred to stay to himself. >> reporter: adam lanza's body was found in the school. his mother's body was found at the home they shared about 2 1/2 miles from here. that is where our mary snow is standing by this morning. mary, the area that you are in, big houses, it's a prosperous area, a quiet area. there aren't even street lights around you. the only lights you've got are the ones provided by our lights. this is not something that area's used to. what do we know now about the area and adam lanza? >> yeah, ali, we -- it's believed he did live with his mother and that house is behind me on this quiet road which is now closed off by po
he is 20-year-old adam lanza. last night, our piers morgan got insight on lanza from a former classmate. >> he was really quiet, he kept to himself. he was a little fidgety, a little uneasy sometimes if you were to look at him. i think he was just socially not really into going out there and making as many friends as everyone else was doing in elementary school and middle school. preferred to stay to himself. >> reporter: adam lanza's body was found in the school. his mother's body...
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. >> reporter: in the last month of adam lanza's life family and friends say he would not leave the house. with his mother nancy, telling them she was losing control of her 20-year-old son. >> it was getting harder for her as time went on. >> reporter: nancy lanza was a regular at newtown bar and restaurant, my place where the owners say she told them about her struggles with adam's emotional and behavior problems for years. >> she was helping him all the time. she home schooled him and everything. so she, you know, i knew he was on medication but that's all i know. >> reporter: since her divorce from peter three years ago, her friends say nancy was left to deal with adam by herself. >> we knew he had a problem. but she took care of it the best she could. she was a single mom. >> reporter: since elementary school at sandy hook, through high school, adam was known as strange, severely shy. >> he hated at lookling at your eyes for more than a couple seconds. it made him feel uncomfortable and he made you feel uncomfortable as well. >> reporter: a former babysitter said he was told never to
. >> reporter: in the last month of adam lanza's life family and friends say he would not leave the house. with his mother nancy, telling them she was losing control of her 20-year-old son. >> it was getting harder for her as time went on. >> reporter: nancy lanza was a regular at newtown bar and restaurant, my place where the owners say she told them about her struggles with adam's emotional and behavior problems for years. >> she was helping him all the time. she home...
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what do we know about adam lanza, any relationship he had with guns? did he have experience with guns? why did they have so many in the home? >> okay. let's see. yes, authorities believe the weapons were registered to the mother. they're running down the details to try to confirm that. they're consistent with weapons she had. they believe they were legally registered to her. some relatives and friends and neighbors have said she took her two sons, adam and his brother ryan, to shooting ranges in the area. but i'm told by federal agents that they checked around and i don't find any shooting ranges where they have been. certainly not recently. not that anyone could remember. we don't know whether adam lanza had experience firing these weapons that longed to his mother. as for any connection between him and the school, it's still a confused picture, chris. this has been such an unusual story to cover. i guess because of the sheer emotional tonnage of it. but we heard the authorities there today in connecticut say they know of no connection between nancy l
what do we know about adam lanza, any relationship he had with guns? did he have experience with guns? why did they have so many in the home? >> okay. let's see. yes, authorities believe the weapons were registered to the mother. they're running down the details to try to confirm that. they're consistent with weapons she had. they believe they were legally registered to her. some relatives and friends and neighbors have said she took her two sons, adam and his brother ryan, to shooting...
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abc news has learned that adam lanza and his mother visited an area gun range. investigators are trying to determine whether or not he shot there, learned how to shoot at the gun range. now, investigators have been canvassing local gun ranges and local gun dealers to find out if lanza tried to purchase guns there and whether or not he was a shooter. he carried multiple 30-round magazines and two handguns into the school and a rifle was found in his car in the parking lot. rob and sunny? >> abc's tahman bradley reporting from newtown, connecticut, thank you. >>> as the nation struggles to come to grips with this horrific tragedy, we're learning more about those who lost their lives. >> david muir has some of the personal snapshots just emerging. >> reporter: a song from one of the little girls who did not survive. ana was just 6. her father, a jazz musician. sitting here beside her brother. >> one, two, three, ready and go. ♪ come now almighty king ♪ help us guide and to see >> reporter: her brother was also in that school. he survived. here, practicing a son
abc news has learned that adam lanza and his mother visited an area gun range. investigators are trying to determine whether or not he shot there, learned how to shoot at the gun range. now, investigators have been canvassing local gun ranges and local gun dealers to find out if lanza tried to purchase guns there and whether or not he was a shooter. he carried multiple 30-round magazines and two handguns into the school and a rifle was found in his car in the parking lot. rob and sunny?...
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perhaps the secrets that adam lanza wanted no one to see. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> perhaps further proof how premeditated this thing was, that he took the time to damage that hard drive. >> he mentioned a former adviser said he had a bizarre condition where he had the inability to touch and feel and empathize with anything. another neighbor said adam lanza had been a weird kid since we were 5 years old. as horrible as this was, i can't say i'm surprised. why didn't anybody reach out? so many of these kids that are loners and we know they're possibly going through a tough situation, people need to reach out to them. and befriend them. >> hopefully the gun control and mental health debate this country is about to have will answer some of those questions. >>> older students in newtown returned to classes today, but those who attended sandy hook elementary itself are still waiting for their new school to get ready. administrators have not decided when classes at nearby chalk hill school will begin, but students will get a chance this w
perhaps the secrets that adam lanza wanted no one to see. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> perhaps further proof how premeditated this thing was, that he took the time to damage that hard drive. >> he mentioned a former adviser said he had a bizarre condition where he had the inability to touch and feel and empathize with anything. another neighbor said adam lanza had been a weird kid since we were 5 years old. as horrible as this was, i can't say i'm surprised. why didn't anybody...
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the investigation into adam lanza continues. authorities removed computers and videos from the family home over the weekend. >> one of funerals will be of noah posner. it will take place at fairfield connecticut and burial will follow in a neighboring town. they say he loved playing with his twin sister. family members say they have yet to tell the siblings what happened. >> the other funeral today will be for jack pin who is also six years old. he loved baseball, wrestling and skiing. they say football was his first love. he idolized victor cruz. he paid tribute to him, jack opinion to my hero in one of his tweets. >>> out of the tragedy, there is remarkable story of survival. a little girl whose instincts told her to play dead. she was the only student in the first grade class to make it out alive. >> she was the first student that ran out of the sandy hook school. she ran out of the school building covered in blood from head to toe. she said whether she got outside mommy, i'm okay but all my friends are dead. >> pastor added
the investigation into adam lanza continues. authorities removed computers and videos from the family home over the weekend. >> one of funerals will be of noah posner. it will take place at fairfield connecticut and burial will follow in a neighboring town. they say he loved playing with his twin sister. family members say they have yet to tell the siblings what happened. >> the other funeral today will be for jack pin who is also six years old. he loved baseball, wrestling and...
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the father of the suspected gunman, adam lanza. is peter lanza. he released a statement earlier today. it reads in part. "our family is grieving along with all those who have been affected by thishe continues to say. "no words can truly express how heartbroken we are" and that whatever answers we can." >> candlelight vigils were held across the country tonight to remember the victims of the school shooting. kron four's jeff bush was with a group in san francisco and talked to people directly affected by gun violence and this weeks shooting. several dozen gathered at the playground in dolores park at sundown. it was a fitting place to remember the young lives that were lost on friday. reading of names. everyone was clearly moved by the east coast mass murder but stephanie dalton had a heavier heart than most. stephanie dalton knew one of the victims i work with jazz muscians and a very dear friend of mine, jazz saxaphonist, jimmy greene, who is a very beautiful person who's five year old girl, ana greene was lost. >> stephanie could not contain her
the father of the suspected gunman, adam lanza. is peter lanza. he released a statement earlier today. it reads in part. "our family is grieving along with all those who have been affected by thishe continues to say. "no words can truly express how heartbroken we are" and that whatever answers we can." >> candlelight vigils were held across the country tonight to remember the victims of the school shooting. kron four's jeff bush was with a group in san francisco and...
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>>reporter: police say 20- year-old adam lanza, seen here in a photo from 2005.killed his mother in her newtown home, then forced his way into the school friday, and opened fire, killing children and adults. lanza's aunt says she never imagined he could do such a thing. he was different, he was quiet, nice kid, good kid. in a statement, lanza's family says they share the grief of the community and the nation. tonight the people of newtown connecticut are coming out in huge numbers he will also be speaking at a vigil that is all happening tomorrow. in newton, conn., torry dunnin.. >> to remember the victims of yesterday's tragedy. kron 4's alecia reid has the latest.alecia. >> vicki these are some of the facts we have so faraccording to the medical examiner.everyone was shot more than once with a semi automatic rifle, some at close range. six adults were killed, all of them women. and of the 20 children, 12 were girls and 8 of them boys. all between 6 and 7 years old.there were 3 guns found at the scene. one of them that was used. a lawn gun, known as a bushmaster. this sea of people cam
>>reporter: police say 20- year-old adam lanza, seen here in a photo from 2005.killed his mother in her newtown home, then forced his way into the school friday, and opened fire, killing children and adults. lanza's aunt says she never imagined he could do such a thing. he was different, he was quiet, nice kid, good kid. in a statement, lanza's family says they share the grief of the community and the nation. tonight the people of newtown connecticut are coming out in huge numbers he will...
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though they shared custody, peter lanza said adam lanza stopped visiting him and cut off all conversation with him in 2010. that was around the time that peter lanza began dating his new wife. according to divoce documents obtained by nbc news, peter lanza paid his ex-wife nancy just under $200,000 in alimony in 2012. friends say nancy lanza had not been working in recent years. the "new york times" is reporting adam lanza had, quote, no connections to the school where friday's massacre occurred. >>> students in newtown, connecticut are returning to school this morning for the first time since the shooting massacre. meanwhile, more families will hold funerals. nbc's danielle leigh joins us from newtown. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. just over my shoulder, you may be able to make out a christmas tree marking the memorial that has become the focal point of this little town. it's something those going to class today will drive by, and it will be a reminder that some thing also never be the same. each day long lines of cars bring thousands of tearful mourners to this little town. t
though they shared custody, peter lanza said adam lanza stopped visiting him and cut off all conversation with him in 2010. that was around the time that peter lanza began dating his new wife. according to divoce documents obtained by nbc news, peter lanza paid his ex-wife nancy just under $200,000 in alimony in 2012. friends say nancy lanza had not been working in recent years. the "new york times" is reporting adam lanza had, quote, no connections to the school where friday's...
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apparently adam lanza had his brother's i.d. on him. his i.d. was on the body of adam lanza. so they went to ask the brother some questions and were talking to him. they also removed materials from that apartment. just one of the aspects of the confusion yesterday during this investigation. ali? >> reporter: that did add a lot of confusion to this whole episode. they took him into custody, the brother, and they were interviewing the father. it has now been almost 24 hours since the unimaginable happened here in newtown, connecticut. it all started when a gunman entered through the doors of sandy hook elementary school. we are awaiting a press conference, you're looking at that right now. it has not begun, but i do want to give those of you who have joined us a sense of what happened. tom foreman walks us through what happened yesterday morning minute by minute. >> this is what we know at this point about the timeline of the shooting reported by law enforcement officials and witnesses and the layout of the school as best we can piece it all together. 9:30 in the morning, class
apparently adam lanza had his brother's i.d. on him. his i.d. was on the body of adam lanza. so they went to ask the brother some questions and were talking to him. they also removed materials from that apartment. just one of the aspects of the confusion yesterday during this investigation. ali? >> reporter: that did add a lot of confusion to this whole episode. they took him into custody, the brother, and they were interviewing the father. it has now been almost 24 hours since the...
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we are learning he is 20-year-old adam lanza. we know according to our sources that for whatever reason when he came to the school this day, he was wearing what is described to me as black battle fatigues and a military vest. he came armed with three weapons. two of them handguns. one as a glock and another as a sig sauer and a third police found in the vehicle. the two weapons were found on him in the school. the third was found, the bushmaster which is a semi automatic was found in a car outside the school. what led him to this? we don't know. we do know this. police have questioned both his brother and his father. his brother was taken into custody for questioning only. he is not being called a suspect. from his apartment in hoboken, new jersey. we understand the father was also questioned by authorities here in the newtown, connecticut area. the father is divorced from nancy lanza. she is the mother of the two who is a schoolteacher and counted among the dead. her body was found in a residence here in the newtown area, as wel
we are learning he is 20-year-old adam lanza. we know according to our sources that for whatever reason when he came to the school this day, he was wearing what is described to me as black battle fatigues and a military vest. he came armed with three weapons. two of them handguns. one as a glock and another as a sig sauer and a third police found in the vehicle. the two weapons were found on him in the school. the third was found, the bushmaster which is a semi automatic was found in a car...
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he is the shooter. >> he is adam lanza. he is 20-years old. we do know this, it seems he is thought to be by neighbors by family members either mildly autistic or a little bit some what off they say. according to one of his former classmates and who happens to be a neighbor timothy dalton, as horrible as this was, i can't say i am surprised. burn in hell adam. >> and yet there are lots of conflicting reports at this point about who he is. his brother who at one time there was some conclusifusion d the day whether it was adam or ryan lanza. there was an id of ryan. his brother was at hoe boek ken in new york. his brother safdz autistic or had as beas burger syndrome. he has been described as a genius. he has been described as an honor student been described as a tech geek, a computer nerd. >> a gamer. >> into technology having game parties. >> a picture of him is emerging. some people describe him as remote but it's hard to get a handle on exactly what his personality issue was. >> there was the -- this information that it was ryan lanza but it
he is the shooter. >> he is adam lanza. he is 20-years old. we do know this, it seems he is thought to be by neighbors by family members either mildly autistic or a little bit some what off they say. according to one of his former classmates and who happens to be a neighbor timothy dalton, as horrible as this was, i can't say i am surprised. burn in hell adam. >> and yet there are lots of conflicting reports at this point about who he is. his brother who at one time there was some...
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police say the gunman, 20-year-old adam lanza was armed with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and in his ram page could have been worse had the police not closed in quickly. peter williams has more on the investigation. >> reporter: the horrifying sequence begins friday morning, they don't know what time. when adam lanza takes hundreds of rounds of ammunition and four firearms from his gun enthusiast mother and shooting her while she lay sleeping. before leaving he damages his computers. just before 9:30 he loads the guns and ammunition into his mother's car and drives the roughly five miles to sandy hook elementary school, a place he knows from his childhood, officials say. >> he had a relationship to the school. had attended there, at least that's what i'm led to believe. but, beyond that, we really don't know a whole lot. >> reporter: relatives say his mother once volunteered there, but apparently there's no record of that. he's carrying two handguns and a bush master ar-15-style rifle. the school door is locked state officials say, so adam lanza blasts his way in with a rifle sha
police say the gunman, 20-year-old adam lanza was armed with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and in his ram page could have been worse had the police not closed in quickly. peter williams has more on the investigation. >> reporter: the horrifying sequence begins friday morning, they don't know what time. when adam lanza takes hundreds of rounds of ammunition and four firearms from his gun enthusiast mother and shooting her while she lay sleeping. before leaving he damages his computers....
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we're piecing together a picture of adam lanza. but still left with the question of why he would commit this horrific act? why would he target such small children? abc's chief investigative reporter brian ross has been tracking that part of the story since the beginning. what have you learned? >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. authorities say they expect more progress today as they figure out the how and the why of what happened. but even veteran detectives and agents are having a hard time at the scene. he had a huge quantity of bullets left for his high-powered weapons. >> all weapons have multiple magazines and additional ammunition. >> reporter: as to his motive, officials tell abc news that computers removed from the home over the weekend provide important clues to his twisted thinking. it was here he killed his first victim, his mother, 52-year-old nancy lanza, who friends said had become more and more concerned about adam's issues over the last few months. >> it was harder for her as time went on, as he was getting throu
we're piecing together a picture of adam lanza. but still left with the question of why he would commit this horrific act? why would he target such small children? abc's chief investigative reporter brian ross has been tracking that part of the story since the beginning. what have you learned? >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. authorities say they expect more progress today as they figure out the how and the why of what happened. but even veteran detectives and agents are having a...
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he local area and no confirmation that adam lanza actually fired a gun. no confirmation that nancy took him to the the gun range, just na adam lanza had been to a gun range in the local area and nancy lanza had been to a gun range. and stories that nancy lanza would take adam out to the gun range, this is part of the investigation from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco firearms and more than 80 licensed firearm facilities in a ten mile radius, bret. >> bret: mike, she was, from on the ground reports, a gun enthusiast, that those guns were legal and registered and we assume from authorities what they've said, that adam took those guns and he actually had four weapons with him? >> he had four weapons and quite an arsenal with him. the state police out here say that hundreds of rounds of ammunition was fired and many more ready to go. the primary weapon used in this was a bush master, ar-15 assault rifle and that was coupled with 30 round clips he was using at the time according to state police and not only that carrying with him a couple of side arms, and .9 m
he local area and no confirmation that adam lanza actually fired a gun. no confirmation that nancy took him to the the gun range, just na adam lanza had been to a gun range in the local area and nancy lanza had been to a gun range. and stories that nancy lanza would take adam out to the gun range, this is part of the investigation from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco firearms and more than 80 licensed firearm facilities in a ten mile radius, bret. >> bret: mike, she was, from on the ground...
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a computer taken from adam lanza's home in newtown was badly damaged. investigates say they found, quote, significant evidence in that house that lanza shared with his mother before killing her. >>> in light of the tragedy, americans are talking once again about gun control. a new abc news poll found that 54% of americans favor stricter gun control laws. and more than half say the shooting reflects broader problems in our society, not just one troubled person. one leading democratic senator says, this may be the tipping point. but another lawmaker says, more guns are the answer. >> i don't know anyone in the sporting or hunting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. i don't know anyone that needs 30 rounds and a clip to go hunting. >> takes him out before he can kill those precious kids. >>> and texas governor, rick perry, says he supports arming teachers if that's what it takes to keep students safe. >>> we learned overnight that the major retailer, dick's sporting goods, has stopped sales of some rifles and pulled guns from its store near newtown.
a computer taken from adam lanza's home in newtown was badly damaged. investigates say they found, quote, significant evidence in that house that lanza shared with his mother before killing her. >>> in light of the tragedy, americans are talking once again about gun control. a new abc news poll found that 54% of americans favor stricter gun control laws. and more than half say the shooting reflects broader problems in our society, not just one troubled person. one leading democratic...
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adam lanza, the 24-year-old brother ryan lanza, was taken into police custody. ryan lanza taken into police custody for questioning in hoboken, new jersey, earlier today. officials had not labeled him a suspect. but he was taken away in handcuffs. his brother adam died at the scene. but police are not saying at this point if he killed himself. police did say that they did not discharge any of their weapons and yet he was dead on the scene. law enforcement sources also telling cnn that the shooter in this horrible tragedy was dressed in "black battle fatigues and a military vest." the principal of this school, dawn hucksprung, was also among the dead. a school psychologist also killed in this shooting rampage. in a meeting at the time the shooting began. the children were led away from the school this morning shortly after the first 911 calls came in that began at 9:40 this morning just after school had begun. those shootings occurred in one section of the school concentrated in one area, specifically two rooms in an area of the school. as the nation tuned in, on
adam lanza, the 24-year-old brother ryan lanza, was taken into police custody. ryan lanza taken into police custody for questioning in hoboken, new jersey, earlier today. officials had not labeled him a suspect. but he was taken away in handcuffs. his brother adam died at the scene. but police are not saying at this point if he killed himself. police did say that they did not discharge any of their weapons and yet he was dead on the scene. law enforcement sources also telling cnn that the...
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who could say what might have happened if adam lanza might have had the benefit of that therapy. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >> coming up at 5:30 p.m., new details about adam lanza and the evidence investigators found at his home and the family history and the information about his mother and father. we are constantly updating this story on www.ktvu.com. >>> a judge today heard arguments on a motion to block part of proposition 35. the law aimed at cutting down on human trafficking. it requires offenders to reveal their online names and internet service providers. >>> terrifying home invasion robbery in san francisco left a family shaken up but fortunately no one was hurt. it happened at 2:00 a.m. this morning. a man who told ktvu three men were armed and wearing masks burst in. they tied adults, ransacked the home and took off with cash and jewelry. >> this happened very quickly. very dynamic. we take this very, very seriously. >> police caution people lock your doors and windows, use security systems and get a dog. often dogs will scare off an int
who could say what might have happened if adam lanza might have had the benefit of that therapy. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >> coming up at 5:30 p.m., new details about adam lanza and the evidence investigators found at his home and the family history and the information about his mother and father. we are constantly updating this story on www.ktvu.com. >>> a judge today heard arguments on a motion to block part of proposition 35. the law aimed at...
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we are also learning some new details about adam lanza. the 20-year-old gunman behind last week's or ifg elementary school shooting. this is the small community tries to heal and makes sense of what has happened not even one week ago. there were six funerals today. three of them were for first graders. allison wyatt, benjamin wheeler and catherine hubbard. family and friends said goodbye to substitute teacher lauren russeau, anne marie murphy and principal dawn hochsprung. all have been hailed as heroes for trying to protect their students. i remember hearing lauren's boyfriend saying they had just celebrated their one-year anniversary and he thought that relationship was forever. deborah, let me start by ask go you, what is this new phase that the investigation is entering into? >> reporter: what it is, it is all about motive, motive, motive. investigators are trying to figure out why he did what he did. and adam lanza took very great pains to get rid of virtually the brunt of the evidence which was the computer, smashing it to bits. dest
we are also learning some new details about adam lanza. the 20-year-old gunman behind last week's or ifg elementary school shooting. this is the small community tries to heal and makes sense of what has happened not even one week ago. there were six funerals today. three of them were for first graders. allison wyatt, benjamin wheeler and catherine hubbard. family and friends said goodbye to substitute teacher lauren russeau, anne marie murphy and principal dawn hochsprung. all have been hailed...
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adam lanza, investigators say, was heavily armed when he arrived at the school. >> high capacity pag for the rifle, right, and multiple magazines for the rifle, and multiple magazines for both handguns. >> reporter: only the quick response of two policemen prevented even more carnage. when lanza saw them he ducked into a room and killed himself. in this town where angels now mark the roads, funerals will begin for the victims of adam lanza like six-year-old jessica recognizeous who loved horses and had just asked santa for new cow girl boots and a cow girl hat. among the first funerals set for tomorrow will be the one for six-year-old noah pozner. noah's twin sister ariel was also at sandy hook elementary last week but she was in a different classroom. and jeff, she survived. >> jeff: jim axelrod, thank you. in wake of this inexplicable violence that left 28 people dead here there is a massive search for answers under way. john miller joins you now, again, john, we understand that postal inspectors are part of this investigation. why is that? >> well, that's right, jeff, and that has
adam lanza, investigators say, was heavily armed when he arrived at the school. >> high capacity pag for the rifle, right, and multiple magazines for the rifle, and multiple magazines for both handguns. >> reporter: only the quick response of two policemen prevented even more carnage. when lanza saw them he ducked into a room and killed himself. in this town where angels now mark the roads, funerals will begin for the victims of adam lanza like six-year-old jessica recognizeous who...
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we don't know much more about -- about adam lanza. we do know that his brother ryan who was a bit older, 24 years old, he was taken in to custody for questioning. he is not being called a suspect, but he was in hoboken, new jersey, when they brought him in for questioning. that's where he lives to try to find out what if anything he knew about this. what he could tell them about his brother. what information they -- he can give about his background. and police also questioned their father. he still lives in this area. he is divorced from his wife who was one of the victims here, and he has remarried. so he too is being questioned by police to try to shed some light on adam lanza and why this tragedy happened. >> thanks for that. a lot of questions are forming around the shooter's mother nancy lanza, the registered owner of the three weapons as susan told us. guns similar to these as we're showing you now, a glock revolver, a glock pistol, a sig sauer and a rifle. i'm joined by a cnn contributor. there are a lot of questions about the
we don't know much more about -- about adam lanza. we do know that his brother ryan who was a bit older, 24 years old, he was taken in to custody for questioning. he is not being called a suspect, but he was in hoboken, new jersey, when they brought him in for questioning. that's where he lives to try to find out what if anything he knew about this. what he could tell them about his brother. what information they -- he can give about his background. and police also questioned their father. he...
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they said peter lanza cut off visiting adam around 2010. that was around the time that peter lanza began dating his new wife. peter lanza paid his ex-wife nancy just under $200,000 in alimony in 2012. friends say nancy lanza had not been working in recent years. adam lanza had, quote, no connections to the school where the massacre occurred. >>> students are returning to school this morning for the first time since the shooting massacre. meanwhile, more families will hold funerals. nbc's danielle leigh joins us. >> reporter: good morning. over my shoulder, you may be able to make out a christmas tree that's marking the memorial that is marking the focal point of this little town. it's just incredible to walk by that memorial to see the letters, stuffed animals, all the mementos that mourners brought here to the victims. today, students will go past that memorial has they return to school after the shooting. it will be a reminder that things will not be the same. we saw yesterday the two funerals of jack pinto and noah pozner. one of the vie
they said peter lanza cut off visiting adam around 2010. that was around the time that peter lanza began dating his new wife. peter lanza paid his ex-wife nancy just under $200,000 in alimony in 2012. friends say nancy lanza had not been working in recent years. adam lanza had, quote, no connections to the school where the massacre occurred. >>> students are returning to school this morning for the first time since the shooting massacre. meanwhile, more families will hold funerals....
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authorities are saying that before friday they had no contact with adam lanza. he was not a known criminal around newtown, connecticut. authorities are also saying that they are right now interviewing many, many witnesses including a lot of kids who escaped the elementary school on friday. we're told by the authorities that those interviews are going to be done delicately with their parents by their side. this is happening while major crimes detectives are working around the clock, 24-hour days, to to trace the weapons that were used back to the assembly line, all the way back. they want to know everywhere those weapons have been. they're also going to analyze hundreds of rounds of ammunition from multiple >> the weaponry every single facet of the weapons will be organized, looked at and examined for every kind of physical evidence. i alluded yesterday to the volume of rounds, for example, that, in fact, were seized or recovered. each singular round will be examined. >> reporter: and, jon, around here the focus is on all of the young victims like anna grace marq
authorities are saying that before friday they had no contact with adam lanza. he was not a known criminal around newtown, connecticut. authorities are also saying that they are right now interviewing many, many witnesses including a lot of kids who escaped the elementary school on friday. we're told by the authorities that those interviews are going to be done delicately with their parents by their side. this is happening while major crimes detectives are working around the clock, 24-hour...
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checsara cardoza vive en la misma cuadra de adam lanza y su mamÁ nancy, la primera en ser asesinada por Él. >>> quÉ sabÍan los vecinos de la armas que tenÍa la mamÁ en la casa? >>> no sabÍan nada, no sabian que colectaba pistolas, se quedaban solos, no hablaban con nadie mÁs, duele. porque ella, estoy a dos casas de ellos. >>> y de adam, lo viste alguna vez? >>> no, cuando eran chiquitos sÍ, ahora no. >>> hay un nene que se llamaba noa, es el nombre de mi nene, y al oÍr el nombre me puso mil y tuve que venir para aquÍ. >>> y por eso dice yesenia, vino desde hardford con un Árbol de navidad, velas y juguetes para los 20 niÑos, y un mensaje que le gustarÍa que el presidente obama escuche. >>> tÚ eres el unico que tiene poder para hacer algo en esto, y te lo suplico, que hagas algo para nuestros niÑos, esto le podÍa pasar a mi, y cualquier otra persona. >>> los colegios estarÁn cerrados hasta el martes en homenaje a vÍctimas. >>> hoy se realizÓ el primer funeral, una criatura de 6 aÑos que cursaba el primer grado, maÑana serÁn tres funerales. incluido el de jack pinto
checsara cardoza vive en la misma cuadra de adam lanza y su mamÁ nancy, la primera en ser asesinada por Él. >>> quÉ sabÍan los vecinos de la armas que tenÍa la mamÁ en la casa? >>> no sabÍan nada, no sabian que colectaba pistolas, se quedaban solos, no hablaban con nadie mÁs, duele. porque ella, estoy a dos casas de ellos. >>> y de adam, lo viste alguna vez? >>> no, cuando eran chiquitos sÍ, ahora no. >>> hay un nene que se llamaba noa, es...
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now, peter and adam lanza spent most of their weekends together until 2010. that year was the last time adam lanza saw either his father or his brother, ryan. those who knew adam say he had behavioral issues, needed constant supervision and simply didn't respond to either physical or emotional pain. >> if he had cut himself or hurt himself, he would not know it or feel it. so, we were being very, very careful with him. >> police are still having trouble finding a motive in all of this. a computer, though, taken from adam lanza's home in newtown was badly damaged. investigators also say they found, quote, significant evidence in that house that lanza shared with his mother before killing her. >>> and in light of the tragedy, americans are talking once again about gun control. a new abc news poll found that 54% of americans favor stricter gun control laws. and more than half say the shooting reflects broader problems in our society, not just one troubled person. one leading democratic senator says, this may be the tipping point. but another lawmaker says, more
now, peter and adam lanza spent most of their weekends together until 2010. that year was the last time adam lanza saw either his father or his brother, ryan. those who knew adam say he had behavioral issues, needed constant supervision and simply didn't respond to either physical or emotional pain. >> if he had cut himself or hurt himself, he would not know it or feel it. so, we were being very, very careful with him. >> police are still having trouble finding a motive in all of...
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suggest gunman adam lanza was planning something even bigger. >> how many magazines? >> several. numerous. >> hundreds of bullets? >> hundreds of bullets. >> were they just for the rifle or also for the handgun. >> high capacity for the rifle and multiple magazines for the rifle and multiple magazines for both handguns. >> it is with this backdrop that the president made his way here tonight. for more i want to bring in nbc correspondent drikristen welker. this is far too many times the president has had to do this, the fourth time he's been in this situation. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine. this will be the fourth time he will speak to a community that is dealing with this magnitude of grief, chris. just this summer, aurora, colorado, tucson, arizona, in 2009, ft. hood, texas. in all of these instances, he spends a lot of time with the family members. talking to them about their loved ones, those who are lost, sharing their memories with them. he talks about the fact that this is an important part of the grieving process and he'll be delivering remarks tonight as he has been
suggest gunman adam lanza was planning something even bigger. >> how many magazines? >> several. numerous. >> hundreds of bullets? >> hundreds of bullets. >> were they just for the rifle or also for the handgun. >> high capacity for the rifle and multiple magazines for the rifle and multiple magazines for both handguns. >> it is with this backdrop that the president made his way here tonight. for more i want to bring in nbc correspondent drikristen...
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phillips'. >>> diagnosing adam lanza. h. wayne carver said he was told the shooter has aspergers syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. now, people who knew the family say he had aspergers, but advocacy groups say there is no relation between aspergers and violence. bob and susan wright, grandparent of a child with autism and the founders of autism speaks say this -- autism did not cause this horror, the profound tragedy of these senseless murdered will be compounded if it -- against people with autism, but according to a leading medical book, here are some of the behaviors. one, shows a lack of empathy. two, acts up with intense tantrums and three, shows aggression to others and to self. i spoke with bob earlier and asked him how he's so sure why autism wasn't a part of why this tragedy happened? >> well, there's been, there have been a number of studies, very large studies done with autistic children. dr. catherine lord spoke with one this morning "the new york times" and went through the whole thing thoroughly. the result
phillips'. >>> diagnosing adam lanza. h. wayne carver said he was told the shooter has aspergers syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. now, people who knew the family say he had aspergers, but advocacy groups say there is no relation between aspergers and violence. bob and susan wright, grandparent of a child with autism and the founders of autism speaks say this -- autism did not cause this horror, the profound tragedy of these senseless murdered will be compounded if it -- against...
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lanza knew adam lanza? >> that i don't know. you'd have to ask people here. you can talk about security all you want but until we take away guns from people that are mentally disturbed, this is going to continue going on. it's happened in schools, shopping malls, movie theaters. we have to deal with the problem that we have here. and, you know, security's going to get beefed up at every school in the country, i'm sure but that's no guarantee this kind of thing can't happen again until we deal with the fact that people that are disturbed are getting their hands on guns and you can see what happens. >> in the meantime you have a lot of children who are going to be very upset by this. >> the superintendent told me this school is not going to be available for a while. she's also been told it's very important to get the other children back into school before christmas. so she's going to have to make arrangements. a number of schools in the area are offering school if needed. she might have to pull double session
lanza knew adam lanza? >> that i don't know. you'd have to ask people here. you can talk about security all you want but until we take away guns from people that are mentally disturbed, this is going to continue going on. it's happened in schools, shopping malls, movie theaters. we have to deal with the problem that we have here. and, you know, security's going to get beefed up at every school in the country, i'm sure but that's no guarantee this kind of thing can't happen again until we...
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in fact, 20-year-old adam lanza is the shooter. now, someone was killed in new jersey. we know that. and the mother was shot and killed if her home in newtown, connecticut, a teacher at the school. she was shot and killed and there are reports that the weapons that were used in the school shooting were registered to the mother. police say that is when the 20-year old adam lanza want to the school, some witnesses say he may or may not be developmentally disabled and went to the school and was buzzed in the front door. the school was on lockdown. he was buzzed in with these weapons and he walked in the office and opened fire going after the principal. and the psychologist. and others in that office. it was during morning announcements so what happened while the announcements were being made the rest of the school, the students and the teachers could hear the violence and shots over the school intercom and the shooter went to a classroom and opened fire targeting the kids. we know the death toll is department children and sex adults. the shooter then turned the gun on hims
in fact, 20-year-old adam lanza is the shooter. now, someone was killed in new jersey. we know that. and the mother was shot and killed if her home in newtown, connecticut, a teacher at the school. she was shot and killed and there are reports that the weapons that were used in the school shooting were registered to the mother. police say that is when the 20-year old adam lanza want to the school, some witnesses say he may or may not be developmentally disabled and went to the school and was...